Screenplay Award 2022

The Page Turner Award's Screenplay Award is for screenwriters who want to place their writing in front of film producers, and for authors who would like to see their books adapted to film.

"Of Us and Them" by T. L. Coughlin

Born to be a vessel for an alien species whose existence is hidden in global dragon lore, Evren safeguards their final return. But when a fellow Paladin is found murdered, she must now find the truth—and the killer—in a society founded on deceit.

"What I Learned on the Bus" by Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins

When the Feds came looking for my dad, I escaped to California to make sense of his incarceration. I unexpectedly found Get On The Bus, a non-profit that works with children of the incarcerated. When I became their director, I thought I was helping these families, but they were the ones helping me.

"On the Rocks" by Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins

A postal worker opens an Italian restaurant in a rough and dying town. He navigates a world of crooked officials and members of organized crime to create an A-list celeb hangout. A story of blind ambition, his traits are the driving force behind his success and the cause of his eventual downfall.

"Going" by Brad Brookes
Genre: Drama

At the end of the world, a couple live in an imaginary bubble inside of their camper van, but only one of them knows it. With her entering the early onset of dementia, he struggles to keep them alive without revealing the horrific reality outside.

"HEMINGS AND CONDELL (or THE MEN WHO SAVED SHAKESPEARE)" by Martin Keady Keady
Genre: Drama

The remarkable - and until now untold - story of John Hemings and Henry Condell, Shakespeare's best friends and fellow players, who saved his career, his life and ultimately his work for posterity.